title: A new tool for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of protein surfaces using B-spline and density of surface neighborhood.
abstract: To improve the qualitative and quantitative analysis of surfaces of protein, two new methods are proposed: one that smoothes the MS surface of Connolly with B-spline smoothing functions to highlight the significant features of the surface, and one that computes the density of surface neighborhood to allow quantitative comparison.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Minéralogie-Cristallographie, Université de Paris VI, CNRS URA09, Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Colloc'h
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mornon
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D008433:Mathematics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins